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RICHARD WAYNE HEIM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1947 – February 25, 1969
Service recordRichard Wayne Heim, of Covina, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 60 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 48
- ARTHUR LEE ANDREWSStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1969
- FRANKLIN DELANO BRYANCaptain · February 25, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS HAREPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ARNOLD HILB-SCHELEINPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.